Place

Samos

Eastern Aegean · Modern Greece

An island known for its wealth, engineering, and intellectual ambition. Birthplace of Pythagoras, who would carry its spirit of inquiry to southern Italy.

Thinkers Connected to Samos

Pythagoras

c. 570 BCE – c. 495 BCE

Number is the language of the cosmos. He built a life around that belief.

Epicurus

341 BCE – 270 BCE

Pleasure is the absence of pain. The good life is quiet, shared, and free from fear.

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